Well, I keep getting confused on whether it IS noodle or not.
Frank’s lack of a “oh, no, it’s totally based on this book” comment makes it more likely it is, but the fact that there IS a book series called “The Pridelands”, although with a plot that… Doesn’t exactly fit in here, makes it confusing…

But then how would the malevolent holo-deck villains take advantage of the faults in the system to periodically materialize in the real world and wreak havoc for a period of about 30 minutes to an hour before being forced back into the virtual world just in the nick of time?

Hmm…
Well, the spirits could decide they want a physical body, and make one of the creatures in this world stay “real” when the rest of the illusion ends.
I find it more likely that something goes wrong with the poorly tested (or even explained) powers of some dog when used for something they weren’t intended for, than some heavily used, fully-intended-for-this-use, not-exactly-experimental-anymore, proffesional holo deck.

Max because he is the Princess’ servant from the looks of it while Peanut is “Lord Parnok”.
They really seemed to be getting into their roles, so much so that I thought Tarot had really made them their characters, but then when “Lord Parnok” and “Princess Illyaya” squealed like mice (grape actually kinda does look like a mouse in Panel 4, doesn’t she?) I knew they were still just playing.

Tarot did not alter reality. She is projecting mental images so that single players are living the experience in ‘hyperreality surround’, but looking from outside you still would see our heroes acting and speaking in their own old furry selves

No actually, there is no “Nameless Guard” since who would act as him? Rather, Peanut is “Lord Parnok” and Max is the guard. I don’t seem to recall Max having a particularly long muzzle, do you? Winks everywhere!

That’s it, in further Opera releases I’m requesting a feature that lets you highlight a specific area in specific URLs. That, or I need to put Post-it notes around my desk to remind me to read the tags before posting! Grr…

Hey, guys, this is a mental projection. Therefore, nothing has to follow the rules of reality. For example, what about that 5-foot rock you mentioned earlier? In things like this rocks are never less than 3 feet, those are pebbles, and anything that is at least a foot taller than your main character is considered a cliff.

Yeah, but he doesn’t do shading in every comic. Which is fine, really, as it saves time when doing the comic, as well as providing a fresh art style as compared to comics where the shading looks like it was done in The GIMP (ie watercolours; I know because I have a drawing on DeviantART that was “shaded” in with GIMP’s pressure-sensitivity brush).
It just seems ironic, though, since I was just emailing him a few days ago complimenting him on that.

Remember, he likes Pridelands too. He had to agree to let Tarot use his memories to create this virtual reality, so I don’t think it’s entirely selfish. My only wonder is how Tarot feels about all this.

Tarot only wants to make sure that Peanut is okay with this, even if it meant (paradoxically) that Peanut will not be happy, since he wants Grape to be happy at the cost of breaking his own heart.
Yet, after all, he won’t be left out of the play since he likes PL too and will be given a role himself.

If the pets normally don’t wear any clothes, then why do the lions? It just seems odd that the tribal animals are more modest (at least as far as clothing goes) than the pets in modern times, when most people (assuming the comic takes place in America) wouldn’t be caught dead wearing just a loincloth.

as a psychological mechanism, since animals walk around in the nude as a normal status, we get used to that. Certain gears such as the police/guard jackets and tribal stuff enhance our imagination as to what’s concealed under them.

Besides, who wrote the book, and for what audience was it intended? If it was written by a human or was intended for both humans and pets, there might be bit of anthropomorphization to help relate to one of the involved parties.

Can a GM join a game when he’s running it?
Technically, yes, but it will be hard to keep it fair (though Tarrot will have an easier time than usual, as I suspect she’d be “Guard #1274″ instead of “Hero #3″ like most would)
Also, it would be hard, I suspect.

I somehow doubt it, at least until after any fight scenes.
Who knows, perhaps Grape’s instincts actually get kicked on when some adrenaline is applied?
I hope not, though, it’d ruin my mental image of Grape as a Tomboy

I just realiced…
If this is Peanut’s memories…
And he retconned it in at least one drawing (wouldn’t be surprised if there were more that we did not see)…
Will this be the real story, or HIS story?
It’d explain why it HAD to be Peanut too, so it makes sense both in-story and meta-story >:3

It has the same effect on fans as Twilight, but it’s plot is not a romance from what I can tell. It’s more of an epic adventure so it actually probably deserves some of the hype. It’s hard to tell since not much of Pridelands cannon has been revealed to us.

No, I’m pretty sure it was a reply to something, because I remember reading that comment and it making sense, but it seems the comments get getting broken and then fixed, broken then fixed, and onandonandonandonandon….

I think Tarot would either exclude them from the mental projection, thus ruining their fun, or would punish them. After all, they are playing pretend, and you never let real life, especially feelings towards one of the players, get in the way of playing.

To name a few (in no particular order)
Faux Pas
Two Kinds
The Whiteboard
Dan and Mab’s Furry Adventures
Sonic and Pals
Sandra and Woo
You Say it First
The one with Kieri and Bwaro (the site won’t let me put it’s name)
And several others that I can’t remember without my list.

I am so noob… But I just started reading this & I had to look back to get it. I thought the psychic female pup and the black cat was a couple. So I was so excited because I thought they were so cute together… But now I see it’s Grape & Lucky… I have to admit, I liked my first impression better. But this is a very cute comic & great read. I love magical adventures!
P.S. =^x^=
I already use an avatar for my comments. Do I have to use some other web site’s avatar? I want to use my own.

It’s Joey who likes to wear catsuits and is in love with a mouse…
Peanut only likes… Certain features of cats. (Comparable to “Nekonomimi” with humans. AKA Catgirls)
Peanut still likes beinga dog. He just likes cats (as well as Tarot).